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Friday, 11 March 2016

Assassin's Creed Comics' 2nd Story Arc introduces a new Ancestor

The latest issue of the ongoing Assassin's Creed Comic series, begins the 2nd story arc where we meet another of Charlotte's Assassin ancestor; Quila

Actually I'm assuming she's an Assassin, the comic hasn't clearly stated that she is.. but anyway..

We are brought back to 1536 in Peru, during the reign of the Inca Empire, which is several decades before the Spanish finally conquered it. (Go wiki it! Some of the characters mentioned in the later pages of the comic are listed on the Wiki pages!)

Quila is 1 of the highly trained & skilled messengers, who are called Chasqui, although being a woman, she isn't accepted by the other male Chasqui. So happens that she intercepts some bad news and needs to deliver a warning urgently but that doesn't go smoothly as expected..

While we have moved away from the first arc, where the historical section was set during the times of the Salem witch trials, the modern day story is still connected. It continues after the events of the first 5 comics, and Charlotte & the gang run into more shady characters. Managing to find some clues, Charlotte is now back in the Animus, looking for more information in a different period.

The story-writing isn't too bad, but the focus is more on the modern day timeline, so the cooler, historical assassins don't appear as much in the comics. With the new Templars series & another new series being announced, it's going to be a busy year for an AC fan like me, even without a new game this year. It will be interesting if the different comic series tie in together somehow, we'll have to see how it goes!